Argentina beat New Zealand to finish 11th in the U17 World Cup

Argentina’s Under-17 Men’s Basketball team today defeated their counterpart New Zealand 80-70 to finish eleventh in the World Championship Division (U17) held in Malaga, Spain.

In the city of Alhuarín de la Torre, the team led by Cordoban Leonardo Gutiérrez (current coach of Olimpico de la Banda in the National League) finished a tournament in a disciplined manner, in which they faced different powers in the discipline with three wins and four draws. Losses.

The score progression at El Limon was as follows: Argentina 23-14, 47-36, 56-53 and 80-70.

Point guard Juan Ignacio Respot (Obras Basket) was the top scorer for the Albiceleste quintet with 17 points to go (5-6 on doubles, 1-8 on triples, 4-4 on free throws), 6 assists and 4 rebounds. According to the page of the international federation (FIBA), in 27 minutes

Power forward Maximo Lomello (Adenas de Córdoba) had a good performance with 13 units, 6 rebounds and 4 goal passes on 28 meters.

Of the New Zealand quintet, Julius Halaifona’s best performance came with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists in 33 minutes.

Other results of the day: Serbia 69-Australia 67 (for fifth place); Slovenia 77-Poland 74 (seventh place); Dominican Republic 85-Japan 68 (for thirteenth place); Mali 75-Lebanon 54 (fifteenth place).